Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-02-15
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The alarming disease of this
country is nervous debility and
prostration. 1t goes under
many names but it is essen
tally the same complaint.
Hospitals and private iItstitu-
tions for nervous patients are
crowded. The average of life
IN taas United States is de-
dressing every year Sudden
among our business, profess
ional and public men are so
frequent as scarcely to excite
remark. The majority of sui
cides, committed without ap-
parent reason, or mderso-caled
s'dep1cs+;on of spirits are
really prompted by nervous
prostration, which is 4 fruitful
source of insanity and crime
with all their grief and horror.
These facts arc startling.
They threaten the very life of
the nation. They assail the
springs of its power and pros.
perity. They wreck manhood's
strength and won4an's useful
ness and beauty
Every one should know the
causes. What are they2 The
answer is easy and terribly
plaini Our vicious personal
habits; our careless ndlawless
eating and drinking; the in
tense mental and physical strain
arising from our mad race after.
money, position and intiuence;.
the fears and struggles of pow
crty; the use Of narcotics and
stimulonts; our fashion of
turning day into night and
night into day; and, briefly,
our desperate willingness to
pay any price for an hours
pleasure or success. So we
burn lifc's candle at both ends
and I'll the lunatic asylums
and the graveyard5.
The disease from which we
suffer and die Is, in plain Eng
lish, Nervous DmspcQsia. as it
is seated IN the Nerves and IN
the organs of Digestion, Assim-
ilation and Nuti tion. Healthy
digestion being impeded or des-
troyed, the whole body, nerves
included, is literally started;
even when there is no emaci-
atiou to tell the sad story.
Nervous prostration sends
out its NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
in the morning; persistent
dull heaviness or aching at the
base Of the brain; wakefulness;
loss ofappetite and disgustwith
food; loss OF mental energy and
interest il ordinary duties and
business; restlesaness mid anx-
iety without any assignable
reason; eructations; bad
breath; foul mucous on the
teeth; occasional giddiness;
palpitation of the heart; sal
iowness of the skin; coated
tongue and gradual fnilure of
strength and ambition.
The remedy Is total aban~
donment of the habits and Gus
toms which cause the disease
in each individual case, and the
use of Shaker Ertyoct Of Roots
(Seigel's Syrup to cure the
mischief already done. This
great remedy, prepared by the
Shaker Community of st. Leb-
anon, N. Y, is especially ) adapt
ed to eradicate Nervous Dys-
pepsia. To do this it acts
directly and gently but power
fully upon the Gisordercd stom-
ach, liver and kidneys, l'estor4
ing their tone and vigor, pro.
noting the secretion OF bile, ex-
peIling waste matters from the
system, and purifying the blood.
Upon tie nervous system
Shaker Ect,'uct(Seigel'sSyrup
acts as a safe and wholesome
anodyne without the slightest
narcotic effect, and then leaves
tie nerves to regain their nat
ural tone and strength through
its wonderful influence upon
the function of nutrition.
It is safe to say more nery-
Gus dyspeptics have been re-
stored by it from the depths
of misery to fresh enjoyment
of life and labor than by any
or all other forms of treatment
combined .~.I
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